‌The third meeting of the EaP GREEN Steering Committee was held in Minsk, Belarus on 8 October 2014. Participants included the National Focal Points (NFPs) from the six EaP countries, representatives of the civil society, and the four EaP GREEN partners (OECD, UNECE, UNEP, and UNIDO) alongside the European Union delegates. The Steering Committee reviewed the progress made in the past year on the programme's implementation and discussed plans for 2015.

In addition, each Annual Steering Committee meeting features a thematic discussion. The 2014 meeting focused on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a tool for mainstreaming environment into economic development at national and local level. Participants reflected on challenges, and identified lessons learned from developing national legislative frameworks and practices for the application of SEA in different economic sectors and geographical scales. The role of the international financial institutions was also addressed. The presentations from this thematic bloc are available for consultation below.